TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fetzer,Margret
TI  - John Donne's performances: sermons, poems, letters and devotions 
SN  - 9781847792969
AV  - PR2248 .J646 2010
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Manchester
PB  - Manchester University Press
KW  - Church of England
KW  - England --
KW  - Correspondence
KW  - Clergy
KW  - Church of England Correspondence
KW  - England
KW  - Donne, John, 1572-1631
KW  - Criticism and interpretation
KW  - Vertelperspectief
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Introduction: beginning Donne --; 1. Pulpit performances: sermons --; 2. Promethean and protean performances: worldly poems --; 3. Passionate performances: poems erotic and divine --; 4. Patronage performances: letters --; 5. (Inter)Personal performances: Devotions --; Conclusion: being Don(n)e; 2; b
N2  - Ever since their rediscovery in the 1920s, John Donne's writings have been praised for their energy, vigour and drama - yet so far, no attempt has been made to approach and define systematically these major characteristics of his work. Drawing on J.L. Austin's speech act theory, Margret Fetzer's comparative reading of Donne's poetry and prose eschews questions of personal or religious sincerity and instead recreates an image of John Donne as a man of many performances. No matter if engaged in the writing of a sermon or a piece of erotic poetry, Donne placed enormous trust in what words could
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